Two cards

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my weekly post for Katzelkraft. I am in love with their new stamps and I had this great idea of using one of the cake ladies with the couch and the sheep together on something. Unfortunately I couldn't make it work so instead I made two cards with these images and added a cake stand with a cake !

I used a piece of designer paper for the background of this card. I coloured the images with Copic Markers, cut them all out and adhered them to the paper. The cake stand was stamped directly onto the paper. I did also add some shading at the bottom. 

I used only part of the sentiment from the Teatime set. 

For this card I used these stamp sets:

KTZ200 - Teatime

KTZ202 - Dans ma salon

This sheep must be my absolute favourite from the release. The look on his face makes me laugh everytime I see him. I adhered him onto some vellum and used some washitape to make 'ground' for him to stand on. I then glued the whole thing onto a gelli printed card front. I added the word 'smile' and a clippings sticker by Tim Holtz. 

I used these stamp sets for this card:

KTZ206 - Carpe Diem quotes

KTZ208 - La ferme des animaux

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Published again !

Hello everyone,

I was so happy when the latest Stampers' Sampler was delivered to my house and I found that I had some decorated envelopes and cards in it.

It is always such a thrill to see my work in print !

I always send my cards in decorated envelopes and sometimes they publish them too. Like these two. 

I made this card a while ago and it is part of a set of 8 I sent in. Hopefully the other ones will be published at a later date. 

I was extremele pleased to see I had a three page article with cards made with Katzelkraft Stamps. 

I love these funny animals and it's great that they are in the magazine! 

And the last page. 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Vogeltjes/Birds

Hello everyone, 

Hallo allemaal,

Today I have 2 cards to show you that I made with the new PaperArtsy Zinskis and Zinis. 

Vandaag heb ik 2 kaarten om te laten zien die ik heb gemaakt met de nieuwe PaperArtsy Zinski's en Zini's.

Both cards have been made with a gelli printed piece of paper as a background. I stamped the animals on the background and also on white card stock. I coloured the ones on the white paper with Copic Markers, cut them out (yes, i cut off the legs and other small bits) and then adhered them on top of the one on the background. That way you have all the details. 

Beide kaarten zijn gemaakt met een gelli print als achtergrond. De dieren zijn gestempeld op wit card stock en ook op de achtergrond. Die op het witte card stock heb ik ingekleurd met Copic Markers en ze daarna uitgeknipt zonder pootjes en andere kleine details. Door ze op hun 'evenbeeld' op de achtergrond te plakken zijn alle afgeknipte delen weer terug ! 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Leuk dat jullie er waren ! 

Sheep and bird

Hello everyone, 

Hallo allemaal,

Today I have 2 cards to show you that I made with the new PaperArtsy Zinskis and Zinis. 

Vandaag heb ik 2 kaarten om te laten zien die ik heb gemaakt met de nieuwe PaperArtsy Zinski's en Zini's.

Both cards have been made with a gelli printed piece of paper as a background. I stamped the animals on the background and also on white card stock. I coloured the ones on the white paper with Copic Markers, cut them out (yes, i cut off the legs and other small bits) and then adhered them on top of the one on the background. That way you have all the details. 

Beide kaarten zijn gemaakt met een gelli print als achtergrond. De dieren zijn gestempeld op wit card stock en ook op de achtergrond. Die op het witte card stock heb ik ingekleurd met Copic Markers en ze daarna uitgeknipt zonder pootjes en andere kleine details. Door ze op hun 'evenbeeld' op de achtergrond te plakken zijn alle afgeknipte delen weer terug ! 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Leuk dat jullie er waren ! 

Something very different !

Hello everyone,
Hallo allemaal,

Being on a designteam means that sometimes you get stuff that is a little different from what you would usually use. That is what happened this month at De Duif; I got some cuties but they are cute cuties. I normally am not into cuties at all but the stamps by Gerda Steiner are adorable I think..

Als je in een designteam zit kan het wel eens gebeuren dat je spullen krijgt die je normaal gesproken niet zo snel zou gebruiken. Dat was precies wat er deze maand gebeurde voor het De Duif DT.  Ik kreeg 'cutie' stempels om mee te werken. Normaal vind ik cuties niet zo geweldig maar voor deze Gerda Steiner stempels maak ik een uitzondering.

This penguin set has come out just in time for Valentine's Day. I have made two fairly clean and simple card with them. I think they came out great... 

Deze pinguïn set kwam mooi op tijd voor Valentijns Dag. Ik het twee kaarten gemaakt die bijna CAS zijn. Ik vind dat ze goed gelukt zijn. 

Materialen kaart 1:

Wit card stock

restje designpapier naar keuze

cirkel stans bijvoorbeeld Marianne Design CR1360

stukje washi tape naar keuze

Gerda Steiner stempels: 'Valentine Penguins' GSD624

Copic Markers

Materialen kaart 2:

Wit card stock

restje designpapier naar keuze

Crealies stans 'crea-nest-lies XXL: CLNestXXL24

restje rood card stock

Gerda Steiner stempels: 'Valentine Penguins' GSD624

Copic Markers

WOW embossing powder wit

Foam tape

Leuk dat je er was vandaag ! 

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Published again !

Hello everyone,

When Stampington contacted me because they wanted to feature me as guest artist in the Stampers' Sampler, I was over the moon ! And then I found out one of my cards would be on the front cover ! Yay.... and there's more... make sure to read on !

And when I finally got my hands on the actual magazine I was even more happy ! 

Look :

This was the start of the guest artist article. They have used cards I send in using mostly Katzelkraft stamps...

An occasional Tim Holtz dog... 

This series is the Wizard of Oz designed by Janet Klein and sold through Stampotique Originals. As you might know I have joined Janet's DT for VERA LANE STUDIO. So many nice digital images... Make sure to visit the Etsy shop HERE.

Here is the 'interview' ! 

A single card I entered for the pitcher challenge....

The sam here, this one ended up on the front cover ! 

And the last pitcher. 

And.... then there was another three pages with my other love : Vintage... 

Thank you so much Stampington, Stampers' Sampler and Gracy Wilkins ! 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

A trio of cards

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my blog where today I am sharing three cards I made with Visible Image Stamps. These are all from the newest release.
All three cards have a gelli printed base. The first and third card are from the same gelli print. The middle one is a different one.

The sentiment here was heat embossed twice with two different colours of embossing powder and you can just see the dark powder peeking out at the edges....

She looks so serene, doesn't she ? 

And this one is really simple. I so loved that background that I didn't want to cover it up too much... 

I have used the following stampsets:

Card one:

Free soul

Create it 

Card two:

Own it 

Create it 

Card three:

Face it

Create it

Own it

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Dare !

Hello everyone,

and welcome to another post for Visible Image featuring the samples I made for the Create & Craft TV show from the 16th of April.

This first project was made with one of the awesome MDF Monoliths. I gessoed it and then put some white crackle paint on it. I love watching the crackles appear. Next I coloured it with Lindy's Stampgang Sprays. I sprayed some acrylic varnish over the top as Lindy's sprays are water soluble. 

Next I added more colours with Faber Castell Big Brush Markers as I thought it was to pale. These are permanent after drying. I then used my trusty credit card again and made some lines with black paint. I also used a background stamp from another set. 

A used a bottle cap and some more paint to add the circles on the right. 

The lips were stamped on tissue paper and then adhered to the Monolith. 

I did stamp the sentiment straight on but had to do some 'restoration' work with a black marker because the surface is oneven so I didn't get a good impression. 

The back was done much the same; I just added the circles with a stencil and heat embossed them with a dark pink embossing powder by Lindy's Stampgang. 

Here you can see that they are easy to mail too as you can take them apart. Of course when they have reached their destination they can be glued together. 

This card was really simple. I just cut four pieces of pattern paper and stamped the lips on each. I adhered the pieces to a card panel and matted it on black card stock. The whole thing was then added to a white card. The sentiment was made with sticky letters. 

This last card was made by glueing a piece of music paper that was torn not cut onto a card panel. I coloured the panel with water-soluble crayons and used the credit card yet again to create some lines with black paint. I also splattered some white an black paint drops on it. I stamped the lips on the card directly but that failed miserably so I had to do it again. As I didn't want to start again I stamped it on a piece of pattern paper with text on it, tore it out and adhered it. I liked it ! The sentiment was stamped directly onto the panel and doodled around with a white gel pen. 

I used the following stamps:

Sing

Dare to be different

and of course a

Monolith

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Inspired by music

Hello everyone,

A little while ago I made a whole batch of samples for Helen & Mark over at Visible Image for their TV appearance on Create & Craft TV on the 16th of April.
Today is the second post where I share some of them; all music inspired.

This first one is a monolith, painted with Dylusions paints. I used some bottle caps to make the rings. I made a new dress for her and added some words to the sentiment that comes with the lady which is "sing". 

This is the back of the monolith.. Same story, just used an additional stamp (all stamps are listed at the bottom of this post) and some model paste through a stencil. 

The background of this card was made with Distress Inks and a blending tool. I added some stencilling and made some lines with a credit card and black paint. The lady and sentiment were stamped over the top. I added some more colour to her dress with a Copic Marker. 

This card was made with pattern paper. I cut a piece to size; slightly smaller than the card. I stamped the lady and the sentiment, doodled around the letters of the sentiment. I did stamp the dress again on some different pattern paper of the same pack to add some interest. The panel was matted on black card stock and adhered to the card. 

This one was made by smoothing the ink over the paper with some acetate. This works by putting your Distress ink pads on your craft sheet (ink down) and spraying with water. Dunk in a piece of acetate and transfer the colour that clings on to the card. I stamped the sentiment 'sing' tone on tone ie. with the same inks and the lady and the other sentiment (from another set) in black Archival ink. I doodled around the panel with a black pen. The panel was then adhered to a card. 

This background had been lying on my desk for ages and I think it was made with Lindy's Stampgang Sprays and Distress Glaze by Tim Holtz. I put the glaze on first through a stencil making these bits waterproof essentially. I then sprayed the ink over top. Where the glaze is the ink doesn't take. 

I used the sound wave stamp that comes with this cool guitar in the same-ish colours as the background. It is very subtle. I used a black pen to go around the circles but didn't like it so repeated the process with a bottle cap and black paint. I also made some lines with a credit card. Lastly I stamped the guitar and used a white pen to colour the letters. The panel was then adhered to a card. 

This one was really quick and easy. I started with a piece of white card stock, used a stencil and Distress ink and a blending tool to do the background. Next I stamped the guitar and coloured the letters with coloured pencils. Lastly I doodled around the panel and adhered it to a card. 

This last one was also made with a stencil and Distress inks and a blending tool. I stamped part of the guitar 3 times at the top and once at the bottom of the card. I coloured the letters with a white pen and doodled faux stitching along the edge. Next I matted the panel on black card stock and adhered it to a card. 

I used the following stamps:

Music Speaks

Soul Music

Sing

and the fabulous 

Monoliths

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Published !

Hello everyone,

I am so happy and proud that my cards are published yet again in the Stampers' Sampler. Every time this happens I am honoured and feel privileged that they think my cards are good enough to be in their fabulous magazine !

This is the cover of the magazine...

And here are my three pages !

Pretty neat, eh ??? 

Thank you for stopping by today !